Instagram snapshots: Sabrina Andrea Sachs in Kerala, India

Instagram snapshots: Sabrina Andrea Sachs in Kerala, India

Kerala’s diverse landscape provides lush tropical scenes at every turn, from the lagoons and rivers of the backwaters to the palm tree-lined coast

Sabrina Andrea Sachs

Wed 23 Dec 2015 10.33 EST

Backwater drifters, Kochi

I spent a day navigating the backwaters around Kochi. There’s a large network of lagoons, rivers and lakes that run parallel to the coast of Kerala – like a greener and wilder version of Venice – where villagers live in houses tucked away in the jungle.•
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Sea of tea, Munnar

Munnar sits on the Western Gaths, around four hours’ drive from Kochi. In 1857, Scottish colonel John Daniel Munro settled a border dispute between Munnar and Travancore and established the first tea plantation in the Kanan Devan hills.

Going with the flow, Varkala

Varkala is popular with local and international tourists, who come for Ayurvedic massages and yoga lessons in a setting of lush green coconut groves running down to the sea
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